Bill was born Feb. 1, 1932, in Milwaukee, graduated with a degree in
business in 1953 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and from
Marquette University Law School in 1955. Bill was proud of his Irish
heritage and was a dual citizen with the Republic of Ireland and a member
of the Emerald Society and numerous other service organizations.

Bill practiced law for more than 50 years. Billﾕs
greatest gift to the profession was his call for collegiality among the
bar. Bill found no greater satisfaction than engaging in zealous and
professional representation in the courtroom followed by a beer and a
laugh with his opponent.

Bill and Dick Hippenmeyer founded the Hippenmeyer & Reilly Law firm
in the early 1960s. Their mentoring of young lawyers has resulted in the
creation of numerous prominent law firms in Waukesha County.

Bill was a member of the American College of Trial Attorneys, a fellow
of the Wisconsin Bar Foundation, past president of the Waukesha County Bar
Association and past member of the Board of Governors for the State Bar of
Wisconsin. Bill was recently honored by the Waukesha County Bar
Association as its Distinguished Member.

Billﾕs
most enjoyable and rewarding association was being a member of the Four
Nations for the past 40 years. He will miss his friends at Merrill Hills,
even the ppp gin players. Bill will forever be proud of the lessons he
taught at Merrill Hills.

Bill lived his personal, professional and family life with the maxim
that happiness in life is defined by the friends one keeps. He treated his
friends as family and his family as friends. Fr. Paul and Ody met Bill on
the tee with a new set of clubs.

Visitation for Bill will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, July 10,
at Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave., Waukesha. A funeral Mass
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, at St. Maryﾕs
Catholic Church, 225 S. Hartwell Ave., Waukesha. Private interment will
take place at St. Josephﾕs
Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of the donorﾕs
choice.

For further information, please call Randle-Dable Funeral, Cremation
and Preplanning Services at 547-4035, or visit www.waukeshafunerals.com
for directions or to leave an online tribute.